Announcing the 2024 ASHEcon Award Recipients
Congratulations to Randy Ellis who has won the Victor R. Fuchs Award for Lifetime Contributions to the Field of Health Economics, the highest award of the American Society of Health Economists! To learn more about the award and past winners, see here. Former student Tim Layton and current student Abi Dow both appear on the recognition list as […]
CAS Senior Spotlight interviews two economics majors
CAS Senior Spotlight interviews graduating economics majors Hanna Dworkin and Dhruv Kapadia about their work for student government, academics, and what comes next. Watch the full video here.
BU Today highlights the Kolar family of Econ graduates
BU Today highlighted Charles and James Kolar, brothers who both graduated with Economics majors this year. Their father, Dave Kolar, works for BU in LETS, and earned an MA from MET this year as well! Read the full story here.
Economics Distinguished Alum is Dana Rotz of Wizards of the Coast
The Department of Economics is delighted to announce our 2024 Distinguished Alum, who will give the charge to graduates at the graduation ceremony on May 16. Her bio is as follows: Dana Rotz completed the Economics BA/MA program at Boston University in 2007. She liked the department so much that she decided to stay, […]
BU GDPC Event Features BU PhD Econ Alums Ashoka Mody and Neva Goodwin
On Tuesday, February 27th, BU’s Global Development Policy Center will host BU Economics PhD Alum Ashoka Mody, who will be speaking on his recent book, India is Broken: A People Betrayed, Independence to Today. The event will be moderated by Neva Goodwin, who is also an alum of the BU Economics PhD program. Ashoka Mody […]
BU PhD Alum & UML Econ Dept receive 2023 AEA Diversity & Inclusion Award
BU PhD Alum and UML Economics Department Chair Monica Galizzi and the University of Massachusetts Lowell were awarded the 2023 AEA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Diversity and Inclusion. The award is shared with the University of California at Berkeley and recognizes outstanding achievement in diversity and inclusion practices. The steps taken by each of […]
PhD Alum Hanna Schwank wins 2023 Reinhard Selten Award for her research emerging from her dissertation
Hanna Schwank, Assistant Professor of Economic History in the Economics Department at the University of Bonn who graduated with a PhD from BU Economics in 2022, has been awarded the 2023 Reinhard Selten Award for the paper, “Disruptive Effects of Natural Disasters: The 1906 San Francisco Fire,” which was a chapter in her dissertation. The […]
Santiago Levy, BU Econ BA, MA, and PhD grad, to be named 2023 BU Distinguished Alum
Santiago Levy is a “triple threat” with a BA, MA, and PhD all from BU Economics. He will be named a BU Distinguished Alum, BU’s highest alumni honor, at Alumni Weekend on September 23. Santiago played a crucially important role in the development of one of the leading antipoverty programs in the world based on […]
Prerna Mukharya, BU Econ MA grad, to be named 2023 CAS Distinguished Alum
Prerna Mukharya, who obtained a Masters in Economics in 2009, will be named a CAS Distinguished Alum at Alumni Weekend on September 23. Prerna Mukharya is the founder of Outline India which is a data firm that focuses on measuring, tracking, and quantifying impact at the ground level. Her work involves analyzing data collected by field workers […]
Econ major Alex Lo produces documentary on caregiving that is screened at the White House
Alex Lo (CAS’20, Pardee’20), who majored in Economics, produced the documentary Unconditional which follows three American families caring for elderly family members with significant mental or physical issues. The film screened at the White House in the spring. Bostonia magazine has the full story and an interview here.